Itunes what does consolidate files do

This is new. Now, the process is very different. You can still choose to delete items from your local library by right-clicking on a track and choosing Delete from Library. Note that as recently as last month , there were two Delete options is the contextual menu, when you right-clicked on a track in a playlist.

One would offer to delete the item from the playlist, and the other from the library. Pressing Delete when in a playlist, with or without iCloud Music Library, deletes the track from the playlist, but not from the library.

So you need to be careful about how you delete music from your library if you use iCloud Music Library. Q: Whenever I launch iTunes, a dialog displays telling me that my session has expired.

And it displays an email address I no longer use. And this dialog keeps displaying as I use iTunes. When you do this, iTunes will organize all your media by copying your media to the iTunes folder. Before you do this, you want to make sure that iTunes is set to keep your iTunes Media folder organized in the iTunes Preferences under Advanced.

Select this to have iTunes consolidate all your media files. You can also select Organize Library. Consolidate and Reorganize Files. A tip — if you are moving your iTunes library to another computer, you will want to consolidate your media. Click or tap on the Remove button. Tap the queue icon in the bottom-right corner — it looks like a small arrow on top of three horizontal lines. You can remove individual songs from your listening history at any time: just right-click an entry in your History and choose the option Remove from History from the popup menu.

Right-click a song to reveal options to remove it from your listening history. There is a Plays column. That should be where you play count shows. Select the Playlists view. Click the drop down list at the top right of the display. Uncheck Show Recently Added. If you really want to delete a song directly from a smart playlist and caution!

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